The Universal Stored Value Engine.
Stop paying expensive third-party apps just to issue a refund. Aeion Gift Cards is a core, free OS module that natively handles digital gift cards, bulk promotional codes, and automated store credit. Because it's deeply integrated into the core platform, partial redemptions and split-payments work flawlessly at checkout with zero third-party webhooks.
Total Control over Stored Value
Native Store Credit
Stop burning revenue on cash refunds. When a customer returns an item, the Helpdesk or Commerce module can automatically issue Store Credit directly to their digital wallet in a single click, keeping the money inside your ecosystem.
Omnichannel Checkout Integration
Because the module acts as a Universal Payment Provider in the OS, gift cards work everywhere natively. A customer can use a digital gift card to buy a T-shirt in Commerce, book a hotel room in Hospitality, or buy an event ticket.
Flawless Split Payments
If an order total is $100 and the customer has a $30 gift card, the checkout engine automatically handles the math, applying the $30 balance and prompting the user to pay the remaining $70 via Stripe seamlessly.
Bulk Promotional Generation
Launching a holiday campaign? You can generate 10,000 unique $10 promotional codes across bulk batches (up to 1,000 codes per batch). Set strict expiration dates, attach them to a specific marketing campaign, and distribute them natively via the Marketing module.
Financial Liability Tracking
Unredeemed gift cards represent a liability on your balance sheet. The platform generates real-time reports detailing total outstanding balances, issuance velocity, and estimated "breakage" (value that statistically will never be redeemed), ensuring your CFO stays compliant.
Zero Transaction Fees
We believe basic retail mechanics shouldn't be taxed. The Gift Cards module is included as a core free module. We charge 0% on gift card issuances and redemptions.
The Immutable Wallet
Append-Only Architecture
Balances are not simple text fields that can be manipulated. Every transaction (issuance, partial redemption, refund) is written to an immutable ledger. The current balance is simply a fast, always-consistent cache of that strict mathematical history.
Physical Card Encoding
Generate secure PINs and track physical card inventory. The module exposes an API that lets third-party manufacturers encode secure Aeion codes onto physical magnetic stripes or QR codes.
Reliable by Design
Background Delivery Engine
Scheduled sends, expiration reminders, and auto-reload triggers all run on a durable background job engine — so a birthday gift scheduled months in advance, or a low-balance top-up, fires reliably without anyone babysitting a cron job.
Frequently Asked Questions
Aeion Gift Cards is built into the platform — no third-party fee per card, no platform-percentage on redemption. Balances are atomic (no double-spend even under concurrent redemption), PINs are AES-256-GCM encrypted, and the issuance / redemption / balance-check flow all go through the same RBAC + audit trail as everything else.
Yes — split-payment math is first-class. Customer can pay $35 of a $50 order with gift card balance + $15 with credit card; remaining balance stays on the card. ULID idempotency keys prevent double-debit even if the request retries.
Configurable per card. By default cards are bound to the original recipient's email; you can opt to allow re-gifting (with optional fee). For corporate bulk gift cards (employee perks, customer thank-yous), cards can be unbound until first redemption.
Per-tenant expiration policy. US state-by-state escheatment rules (gift cards in California can't expire under $10 for 5 years, etc.) baked into the rule engine. Cards reaching expiration trigger a final notification + grace period before transitioning to escheatment-pending state for finance reconciliation.
Yes. Digital cards generate immediately on purchase with QR code + PIN delivered by email. Physical cards carry barcode/QR data and use an explicit activation step, so a card can be issued inactive and activated when it's time to go live.